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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
A person asking another country for protection whose asylum claim has not yet been decided.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: Population Changes and MovementAn asylum seeker is asking another country for protection and awaiting a decision on their claim. These terms are not interchangeable with ‘migrant worker’: people moving for employment and people seeking protection have different circumstances and may use different routes into the UK.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A person who has applied for protection in another country and is awaiting a decision on their claim.
Distinguish an asylum seeker, whose protection claim is awaiting a decision, from a refugee, whose need for refugee protection has been recognised.
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An asylum seeker has applied for protection and is waiting for a decision. If their claim for refugee protection is accepted, they are recognised as a refugee. Asylum seekers are generally not allowed to work while their claim is being considered, although there are limited exceptions.
